Lesa's Book Critiques

Sharing Books and Authors, with an Emphasis on Mysteries

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A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel

A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel

Sometimes, I have troubles with translations, and wonder if it's the author or the translator. I didn't have that problem with Sara Blaedel's A Harmless Lie, translated by Mark Kline. The voices of troubled women seemed perfect in this riveting story. Detective Louise...

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

I'm reading flight schedules, and whatever book is next up on my iPad today. If everything went right, my sister and I are flying back to Columbus today, and then I'm driving home tomorrow. As you know, I've been in New York City this week. My first flight in over...

The Match by Harlan Coben

The Match by Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben brings back some of my favorite characters from The Boy from the Woods, Wilde, attorney Hester Crimstein, and Hester's grandson, Matthew, in The Match, a disturbing novel that takes on social media. Wilde, found in the woods thirty years earlier, is still...

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Meet Lesa

I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana.